5D3 continuous shooting speed

[KubaN]

I've recently tested one 5D3 in the same store I bought my body. As I thought, the problem showed up in the same moment as in my camera, so 49%. FPS slowed from 6 to 3 when reached the level. I checked the SN and, I was suprised by the way, there was only one number differing from my SN, in the end, so it was the next body produced after mine. So, because of that I want to test another bodies in the future.

 

[RustyTheGeek]

We need some comic relief!

I think that at some point with regard to all the 5D3 issues, we need a talented comic strip artist to draw some funny caricatures of photographers working with/around all the myriad bugs/"features" in this camera. Low Light focus issues, no red blinking focus point, 50% battery slowdown, no UHS-1 SD slot = slow global writes to CF and SD, etc. A little humor might at least make a it little easier to stomach having to deal with these things after spending around $3000 for this thing.

Yes, it's a great camera. Unfortunately, the word 'except' or 'but' usually follows that statement with some ridiculous faults that I wish Canon would acknowledge and fix. Aaargh!

 

[tron]

2 days ago while I was taking test photos with my 5D3 to check AFMA I noticed that the battery was well below 50%. I remembered this thread and switched to continuous high. The sound was like 5 to 6 frames per second. This has been confirmed when I used the info button to check which pictures had been taken the same second. I counted 5 but this is an approximation (there is no tenth's of a second granularity). I repeated the test when the battery indicator was a little more than 10% and the sound seemed the same. So I believe that my camera behaves OK.